Syrian Army on Friday weas combing Khan Sheikhoun city in Idlib southern countryside, in parallel with operation in the neighboring Hama countryside aimed at eradicating terrorists there.

SANA news agency said Syrian Army units started combing operations of Khan Sheikhoun from terrorists’ remnants, and dismantling mines and explosives there.

Meanwhile, Al-Ikhbariya TV said the Syrian Army encircled foreign-backed militants in a cluster of towns in northwest Syria’s Hama countryside, imposing a “choking siege” and marching deeper into the pocket.

SANA said, meanwhile, that the Syrian Army managed to take control of several strategic towns in Hama northern countryside.